No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: For certain characters, he finishes them off by brutally bashing their heads into a bloody pulp, putting out their eyes with his thumbs and in one case, setting the corpse on fire.It's possible that his Richard mask is named after him. However, by the time of Wrong Number he's become known as "The Masked Maniac". As such, fans simply refer to him as either Jacket or The Hitman. No Name Given: He's never given a name in-game, not even a nickname.Mask of Power: The various animal masks he gains gives him different abilities, some of which beneficial, some of which not so beneficial and some of which simply result in cosmetic change.Kill 'Em All: He almost never leaves any survivors.Interestingly, it's portrayed somewhat inconsistently - official art depicts it as brown with yellow sleeves, while in-game it's yellow with white sleeves. Heroic Mime: For a given definition of "hero." He does have a single line of narration in the first issue of the Wrong Number prequel comic.From Camouflage to Criminal: He was a former special ops soldier whose guilt and insanity drove him to become a hitman for domestic terrorists.
Famed in Story: In Wrong Number, his criminal trial has a full audience, there is a movie being made about him, and he has misguided "fans" who try to be just like him.The Faceless: While you can make out some of his features in-game, he's the only character who doesn't have a proper facial portrait.Both are mysterious, blond-haired, quiet men known by an iconic jacket who are capable of committing acts of extreme violence. Expy: A rather blatant one of The Driver.
Wrong Number indicates that Jacket also had a political bias against the Russians, due to the nuking of San Fransico which killed his friend Beard. His primary motivation is to avenge Hooker's death at the hands of the Russian mafia. Cocky Rooster: Invoked with his trademark rooster mask.Some of his hallucinations suggest that he even feels remorse for doing so. Justified as the dogs wouldn't have spared him anyways. Bad People Abuse Animals: His killing spree don't spare security dogs.He seems to have gotten himself together in the sequel, judging by his trial, but exactly what's going on in his head is still unclear. Adventures in Comaland: What the Dream Apartment ultimately turns out to be for him.The only thing that keeps him from straight-up Villain Protagonist territory are his friends, who keep him grounded in reality and give him a sympathetic motivation once they're axed off. Anti-Hero: Yeah, most of the people he kills are criminal scumbags, but the manner in which he kills them is so brutal that he's an Unscrupulous Hero at the very best and a Nominal Hero at the very worst.He also periodically experiences strange nightmares where he's visited by a trio of masked figures. At some point, he gained the attention of a mysterious person or group that sent him a chicken mask, along with letters and phone calls encouraging him to kill Russian Mobsters and threatening consequences should he not comply. A military veteran in a varsity jacket, hence the nickname.